MILA’s bottom line will always be constituents ‘A GRINVENSTEN APPLE?... THE CONTRACT CLEARLY SPECIFIES RED DELICIOUS. NEWS VIEWPOINT Foreshore foresight | ORESIGHT ‘OVER. foreshore i in North “Districtiis: anything: but t bodes il for future dis- 20/20. And thi oth t residents. a seawall in the distr ct again ran. ‘headlong ‘erous opposition a as it did in 1992, it the: ‘motion was defeated i in a a6. 1 vote: - Me bers of. the public. gallery: argued that’ Dear Editor: -{Re: the tobacco tax controversy. Canadians are well-known as a generous people. © 7 This high time they stopped looking selfishly atthe tobacco ‘industry. merely’ as a public health: “threat that kills 40,000 Canadians a - "year through heart attacks and lung 4 cancer: They should be more sym- + pathet > with the problems this job- - = ereating industry is facing. The industry-is blessed with a ‘natural product more addictive than cocaine’and héroin, but somewhat ursed that this promi marred, by tobacco’ $ killing, off one ‘ Publisher Managing Editor . Associate Editor Sales & Markating Directo Comptroile ‘to the environment, access to rapidly.dwindling foreshore lands. After all, Crist’s motion didn’t state that a seawalk should be built. It outlined a pian for 'dealing with the future of public foreshore, | the value of which increases as population and urban development pressures increase,. ‘The popularity of West Vancouver’s sea- -Walk shows that public waterfront.access is “yital to the psychological well-being of North » Shore communities. North Vancouver -City has. limited public waterfront access.. But where that access has been reclaimed, social | and economic activities are thriving. “miss any chance to secure at least some of its ‘waterfront lands for future residents now. _ consuiner out of ‘eight. to prosecute offenders; adeordingly, ‘would be expensive and potentially damaging : ‘ But the issue raised by Crist has more far- reaching ramifications: preserving: public © North Vancouver District cannot afford to IF YOU REALLY want to know why few self-respect- ing dads nowadays can ‘stom- ach the thought of their daughters marrying politi- cians, go no further than the gentle West Van hamlet of Dundarave. The howls of outrage being heard there come fram executives ofthe West Van-Garibaldi Liberal Association, The object of their ire is David Mitchell, the MLA they helped elect in 1991 who quit the party caducus a year lider to situs i Independent Liberal nuher than kow-tow to then Liberal leader | Gordon Wilson. “Mr. Wilson himself not being - overly poputar in Tiddlycove, they consoled themselves that Mr, fitchell still wore half their name tag. Until last week, thatis, when > their new, boss, Gordon Campbell, won his seat in the legislature as fender of the opposition, To their horror, Mitchell not only declined to rejoin the ciatucus headed by Campbell — whose suc- cessful leadership bid he had opposed lust full — but also plans - to ask the Speaker's permission to drop the designation “Liberal” and sit as a straight “Independent.” Describing themselves as, “betrayed” and “used and abused,” the local party brass are now gear- ing up to press for his resignation. Which is understandable consider- ing the nature of politics to date. David Mitchell is an ardent’. champion of parliamentary reform as preached by Preston Manning. including public initiatives to force’ jgovernment action on specific: issues and the tecall of MLAs who flout their constituents’ wishes. ; Official Liberal policy is far less : enthused aboul parliamentary ~ reform, which strikes at the heart of = the five-year dictatorship which majority governments automatical-' ly enjoy under our present system. Campbell and party-are already “smacking their lips at the thought / of their own tum to be dictators after the next election. ~ So the local Grits.-— who'd much rather forget ail:about- recall — are now hollering. in effect, for.’ “recall” of their erstwhile MLA by ‘Feb.24 2 p.m. in Capilano’ Malt Noel | Wright _ HITHER AND YON On initinive and recall he'd be entirely at home in the Reform | party. He's also an admiring biog: ° rapher of W.A.C, Bennett -— whose Socred heirs still outnumber card- carrying B.C. Liberals by four to. put the ‘boot to thos who, once elected, stifle direct democracy and deny voters a voice in government BETWEEN ele tions, : : “"TAILPIECES: An informative - educational evening for’ ‘the hard‘o hearing sponsored by the.North: a ee Hard Of Hearing branch : Have your blo checked Saturday; Fe North Shore,Heart Smarts ser ing clinic for ‘fidults from. 10 a.nti-to “Nerth Shore Softball: registration :fo: ‘boys bom 1975 to:1988 t p itLynn Valley:Centre: Saturday Feb. 26; from -10.a.m.to'4 p.m: nd Sunday, Feb.27, ‘from noon ‘to? pms call Jacke Hubbard,:987 North Van Kiwanis binhaay bos, Hugh McKay. =" | F ng start is . This. will obviously lead to a, reduction in both profits and jobs unless teenagers can be recruited. As most smokers start at 10 to 14 vears old, the industry has been’: hard hit as high tobacco prices have "put cigarettes beyond the financial reach of many children. The obvious we ty to fight these taxes is: . B to point out that tobacco is a legal product and therefore beyond criticism, rather like concentration ‘camips in Nazi Germany;. + @ an casy way to improve crime statistics is to alter the law, and not Display Adverliing 980-0511 Classitied Advertising 986-6222 Fax » Newsroom Distribution : Real Estate Advertising 985-6982 Subscriptions 985-2131 Administration do not go after tobacco smugglers or their patrons; 8 point out that clamping down on fobacco smuggling muy annoy natives who use this as a source of income: @ above all, lower tobacco taxes because they are unpopular, with muiny Quebecers and they may talk about separating once more; B target federal politicians who ‘ have no inconvenient principles to hamper their struggle to remain in power. 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True, all this tends to label Mitchell as a political opportunist for keeping his options open until the most acceptable way to beat the NDP emerges. But why’s that so wrong in present circumstances? He knows Campbell can tame . the unruly Liberal caucus only by. : imposing the traditional rigid party . WRIGHT OR WRONG: The bes thing about being a pessimist is. all the happy surprises. you 1 keep « on®: getting. ‘discipline — leading to that five- year iron grip on power by pre- miers and cabinets which has pro- duced today’s profound public cyns icisnt about ALL politicians. ‘ : Mitchell refuses to march oe rae: unquestioningly to Campbell's DAVID MITCHELL... tunist with a cause.+"°